[On December 24, 1906, the first radio broadcast for entertainment and music was transmitted from Brant Rock, Massachusetts to the general public.]
Lem Skidmore, W1LEM, writes on the Barnstable ARC mailing list:
The Charles County Amateur Radio Club (CCARC) will be operating a Special Event Station on Saturday, 21 December 2024, to commemorate the 124th anniversary of Radio’s First Voice. On 23 December 1900, Reginald Fessenden made the first wireless transmission of human speech between two sets of 50-foot masts erected along the shore of Cobb Island, in Charles County, Maryland.
Who: CCARC
What: Special Event Station, call sign N3V (for New Voice).
Where: Old Fisherman’s Field, Cobb Island, MD (a grassy field bordered by Cobb Island Rd, Route 254, and Neale Sound Drive, just over the bridge to Cobb Island)
When: Saturday, 21 December 2024, On-the-air operations are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET.
How: Contact N3V on various bands/modes of operation, QSL information at N3V on qrz.com. https://www.qrz.com/db/N3V
*Potential operations include various bands 40M, 20M, 15M, 10M on modes SSB and FT8.
*Echolink: Connect to EchoLink node KB3KOW-R and call for N3V.
*Check your favorite DX Cluster, such as http://www.dxsummit.fi, for current N3V spots.
(We intend to self-spot periodically, but if you hear us, please spot N3V to help draw traffic)
*US Islands Awards concurrent activation for Cobb Island, Island # MD020R. https://usislands.org/
*Visitors welcome to join us at the Cobb Island operations site.
*Hope to see you or hear you on Saturday!
73
Jeff – KB3SPH